Ababil-100

The Ababil-100 or al-Fat'h or al-Fatah was an Iraqi single stage solid-propelled short-range ballistic missile whose development started around 1991 and was tested from 2000 to 2002.Iraq also lacked mixers and bowls required for mixing the propellant as they had already been used for the Badr-2000 cruise missile project and thus frequency of motor accidents increased.The Al-Fat'h system had a high failure rate with up to 30% of the missiles failing upon launch, and several suffered in-flight disintegrations.As of March 2003, a test with the full control system was only weeks away, but the invasion put an end to the project.The unguided version failed to achieve the desired CEP of 750 m. During one of the early tests, the missile demonstrated a range of 161 km.
Aftermath of the Ababil-100 missile attack on 7 April
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